How to Create a Shortcut to turn Off Monitor in Windows Vista?


Yes you can turn off monitor via shortcut on your PC. This tutorial will help you in creating such shortcut.

Note: You need to download NirCmd utility and extract the nircmd.exe file at a suitable place before proceeding

You can accomplish this in the following way:

1) Right click on the Desktop and choose New and then Shortcut option



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2) Type “Path_to_ nircmd.exe\nircmd.exe” cmdwait 1000 monitor off in the location textbox

Note: Replace Path_to_ nircmd.exe with the actual location of nircmd.exe file on your PC as shown in figure below.



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3) Click Next button

4) Type a suitable name such as Turn Off Monitor and press Finish button



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5) The shortcut will be formed on the Desktop



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6) You can change its icon and assign it a Hotkey


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